Artistic Expressions: volume 5

Hundreds of students on campus take part in the many fine arts courses offered at school and each week Wingspan profiles one such student in this weekly feature.

Zoe Meeker

Grade: 10th
Future college: UT Austin
Future job: Advertising
Years Drawing: Whole life but started taking it seriously from 6th grade
Inspiration: Social Media
Wingspan: What made you choose art?
Meeker: "I’m not good at instruments or sports. I have average intelligence and I enjoy art so I drifted towards it."
Wingspan: How does art affect your everyday life?
Meek...

Caitlin Eder

Grade: 9th
Years dancing: 12
Future college: Arkansas
Wingspan: What got you interested in dance?
Eder: “I always thought dancing was a cool and pretty form of art and I loved the various costumes dancers got to wear. I also saw many cool skills and wanted to work towards those one day.”
Wingspan: When and how did you discover your talent?
Eder: “I guess I discovered my rea...

Sneha Sundar

Grade: 11th
Instrument: Violin
Future college: Maybe Berkeley, UT, NYU
Future Job: Environmental Engineer
Years Playing: 7 years
Inspiration: Basically any movie soundtracks I’ve ever listened to
Wingspan: What made you choose the violin?
Sundar: “My parents were always obsessed with how the violin sounded and wanted me to give it a shot.”
Wingspan: When did you learn of...

Tom Punnen

Grade: 9th
Instrument: Cello
Future college: Somewhere in state like Rice or UT
Future Job: Something in the medical field
Years Playing: 4
Inspiration: My sister because she is really smart
Wingspan: What made you choose the cello?
Punnen: “My sister plays the violin so I didn’t want to copy her and I thought the cello sounded really nice.”
Wingspan: When di...

Ashleigh Rose

Grade: 10th grade
Years dancing: 8 years
Future college: UT, USC
Inspiration: My mom
Wingspan: What got you interested in dance?
Rose: “I did gymnastics for the early years of my life but I was really drawn to dance because many of my friends danced and I loved how pretty it was.”
Wingspan: When and how did you discover your talent?
Rose: “I was about 6 and my gym...

Josh Lee

Grade: 11th
Instrument: Trombone
Future College: A&M or Texas Tech
Future Job: Dentist
Years playing: 6
Inspiration: Edward Chen
Favorite Musician: Kenny Davis
Wingspan: What made you choose the trombone?
Lee: " Because it looks really cool. Back then I didn’t think about it but it looks really fun and the people that chose instruments said it was a good fit for ...

Claire Oh

Grade: 10th
Future college: Not sure
Future job: Not sure
Years Drawing: Since childhood
Inspiration: Social media
Wingspan: What made you choose art?
Oh: "It was a hobby since I was a kid. It was also an available course and I had space for it so I decided to take it."
Wingspan: How does art affect your everyday life?
Oh: "A lot of times, it has changed my perspective on things li...

Bonita Tapiawala

Grade: 11th
Years dancing: 5 years
Future college: University of North Texas
Inspiration: My sister Kim
Wingspan: What got you interested in dance?
Tapiawala: “I previously was a competitive ice skater for five years, but school became a conflict, so I went into dance.”
Wingspan: When and how did you discover your talent?
Tapiawala: “When I finished skating, I ha...

Sayyant Rath

Grade: 11th
Instrument: Violin
Future college: Possibly Georgia Tech
Future Job: Aerospace Engineer
Years Playing: 6
Inspiration: Neil Armstrong
Wingspan: What made you choose the violin?
Rath: "I wanted to play and music and my mom didn't want me to play a brass instrument because they are too loud."
Wingspan: When did you learn of your interest in music?
Rath: "I wa...

Jack Buss

Instrument: Trombone
Future College: Texas A&M
Future Job: Mechanical Engineer
Years playing: 6
Inspiration: Middle school jazz director
Favorite Musician: Wycliffe Gordon
Wingspan: What made you choose the trombone?
Buss: “My dad played it and a lot of people throughout my family play the trombone and I thought it would be really cool and I was in 6th grade try...

Christine Le

Grade: 10th
Future College: Possibly UT, NYU, or Berkeley
Years drawing: About 4 years
Years in orchestra: About 4 years
Future Job: Conductor
Inspiration: Claire Oh
Wingspan: What made you choose art?
Le: “In 6th grade, I got into anime and all of my friends liked drawing so I think it was all of us coming together and being able to express ourselves in cartoons.”
Wingspan: ...